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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
The MHC class I-restricted CD8 CTL effector arm of the adaptive immune response is uniquely equipped to recognize tumor cells as foreign and consequently initiates the cascade of events resulting in their destruction. However, tumors have developed sophisticated strategies to escape immune effector mechanisms; their most well-known strategy is down-regulation of MHC class I molecules. To overcome this and develop new approaches for immunotherapy, we have constructed a recombinant molecule in which a single-chain MHC is specifically targeted to tumor cells through its fusion to cancer-specific recombinant Ab fragments. As a model we used a single-chain HLA-A2 molecule genetically fused to the variable domains of an anti-IL-2Ralpha subunit-specific humanized Ab, anti-Tac. The construct, termed B2M-aTac(dsFv), was expressed in Escherichia coli, and functional molecules were produced by in vitro refolding in the presence of HLA-A2-restricted antigenic peptides. Flow cytometry studies revealed the ability to decorate Ag-positive, HLA-A2-negative human tumor cells with HLA-A2-peptide complexes in a manner that was entirely dependent upon the specificity of the targeting Ab fragment. Most importantly, the B2M-aTac(dsFv)-mediated coating of the target tumor cells made them susceptible for efficient and specific HLA-A2-restricted, melanoma gp100 peptide-specific CTL-mediated lysis. These results demonstrate the concept that Ab-guided, Ag-specific targeting of MHC-peptide complexes on tumor cells can render them susceptible and more receptive and thus potentiate CTL killing. This type of approach may open the way for the development of new immunotherapeutic strategies based on Ab targeting of natural cognate MHC ligands and CTL-based cytotoxic mechanisms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, Monoclonal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antigens, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antineoplastic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HLA-A2 Antigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Immunoglobulin Fragments, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Glycoproteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Peptide Fragments, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Interleukin-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/SILV protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Si protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/beta 2-Microglobulin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gp100 Melanoma Antigen, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/immunoglobulin Fv
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-1767
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
169
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2988-96
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Binding Sites, Antibody, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Carcinoma, Squamous Cell, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Cytotoxicity Tests, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-HLA-A2 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Immunoglobulin Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Injections, Subcutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Receptors, Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-beta 2-Microglobulin, pubmed-meshheading:12218113-gp100 Melanoma Antigen
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Recruitment of CTL activity by tumor-specific antibody-mediated targeting of single-chain class I MHC-peptide complexes.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't